330 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Eastchester, Yonckers & the Manor of Pelham, being in one parish or 

 division this 5th of June. 1703 : — 



Present 



Mi:. Justice Pell, Mb. Justice Drake, 



Mb. Justice Pinkney, Mr. Justice Bayley. 



Me. Justice Hunt. 



Vestry. 

 Mr. Joseph Drake, Mr. Josepii Havxland, 



Mr. Miles Oaklky, Mr. John Archer, 



Me. Daniel Clark, Mr. Johx Buckbee, 



Mr. Thomas Hint, Jr. 



" It is agreed upon by the said Justices & Vestrymen, that there shall 

 be raised fifty-five pounds for the Ministers maintenance & poor of the 

 parish. The Quotas for each place is as followeth : — 



Westchester, £27 18 



Morris Anna, 



3 7 



Eastchester, 



7 13 



Pelham, 



1 13 



Rocbelle, 



7 3 



Yonckers, 



7 G 



£55 

 To be paid unto the Church-wardens att or before the 15th of December next 

 ensuing. EDWARD COLLIER, Clerk."* 



The next letter from Br. Bartow, to the Secretary, bears date : — 



Westchester, 

 in tlis Province of New York in America, 

 May 25th, 1703. 

 Sir: — • ■ My Lord Cornbury is very kind in countenancing the settlement of 

 the Church of England, and to preserve that maintenance which lias been pro- 

 vided bv act of Assembly for orthodox ministers, altho' there have been great 

 endeavours to annul] that act since they saw the Church pouring in upon them, 

 which endeavours have been chiefly showed, in my parish of Westchester, as 

 vs: The act of Assembly doth unite Westchester, Eastchester, Yonckers, 

 and the Manor of Pelham, into one parish, who are obliged to contribute the 

 sura of -£."0 per annum for the maintenance of an orthodox minister. 



Xow Eastchester, having an independent minister, endeavours at my coming, 

 to make themselves a distinct parish, and used many means to prevent and dis- 

 turb my settlement at Westchester; but all their attempts were frustrated by my 

 Lord Cornbury ; and now they begin to come into better temper, many of them 

 having left their minister are joyned with us; nay, the minister himself talk9 

 of coming to England for Episcopal orders. 



. Id. 



